Over the last few weeks this website has been bombarded by individuals who believe we haven’t taken a sufficiently firm position on the issue of nullification – or the right of states to explicitly reject objectionable federal legislation.
These “New Nullifiers” are foaming at the mouth, people … and with good reason. The country they live [...]
More GOP Sex Fun … (UPDATED)
An Alabama woman who accused a former South Carolina Republican Party (SCGOP) official of sending her unsolicited images of his erect penis apparently posted some racy images of her own on the internet.
How racy? We’re talking the female equivalent of the full Monty, people …
The woman – who claims to be a staffer in the [...]
SCGOP Releases Filing List
PARTY ACCEPTS COURT’S “BLOODY WEDNESDAY” RULING
In the wake of a controversial S.C. Supreme Court ruling on candidate eligibility, the South Carolina Republican Party has issued a list of candidates whom it believes did – and did not – qualify for the 2012 SCGOP primary ballot.
This story – which our website has been following from the [...]
SCGOP “Purity Pledge” Proponent Steps Down
The South Carolina Republican official who insisted that candidates for public office sign a “purity pledge” before being placed on the ballot has resigned from his post, sources tell FITS.
Laurens County GOP chairman Bobby Smith – whose controversial pledge became the latest in a long line of national embarrassments for the Palmetto State – gave [...]
Jones: Wilson Must Wrap Up Ard Case Soon
By Tyler M. Jones || It has been over a year since Republican Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard was busted by Free Times reporter Corey Hutchins for participating in a wildly illegal campaign spending spree that ruined his political career before it even began. You remember, he’s the guy who bought Playstations, iPads, big screen televisions, [...]
SCGOP Attorney Asked For Anti-Romney Ballot Question
The S.C. Republican Party asked the State of South Carolina’s Election Commission to approve a ballot question that appears to mock a controversial statement made earlier this year by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
First, here’s the question the SCGOP attempted to place on South Carolina’s “First in the South” presidential primary ballot:
“In order to address [...]
Tim Pawlenty Is Cheap
We had hoped that former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty – a cookie cutter “Republican” if we’ve ever seen one – would disappear after dropping out of the 2012 Republican presidential primary in August.
Unfortunately, “T-Paw” hasn’t done that.
First, he endorsed Mitt Romney – the candidate whose failed socialized medicine plan he spent weeks bashing in a [...]
The Party Fight
We previewed this partisan fight earlier in the week, but two of South Carolina’s top party officials squared off on an internet talk show Wednesday night – hours after they squared off here on FITS.
S.C. Democratic party spokeswoman Amanda Loveday and SCGOP executive director Matt Moore did battle on a wide range of issues – [...]
SC Dem Decries “Witch Hunt” Against Ard
A Democratic State Senator from Kingstree, South Carolina has come out in support of embattled S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard, a “Republican in Name Only” who hails from nearby Pamplico, S.C.
Not only that, S.C. Sen. Yancey McGill (D-Kingstree) has called his own party’s criticisms of Ard “smack talk” and derided them as part of a [...]
SC Parties Face Off
South Carolina’s two major political parties are getting increasingly testy as the scandal surrounding S.C. Lt. Gov. Ken Ard intensifies.
Ard is facing a grand jury investigation over numerous campaign finance violations – as well as allegations that he lied to investigators in an effort to conceal the seriousness of the charges against him. Not surprisingly, [...]
